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  A. General information
> B. Enrollment and persistence
  C. First-time, first-year (freshman) admission
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  H. Financial aid
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B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE
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B1. Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women

Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2000.

 

FULL-TIME

PART-TIME

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Undergraduates

 

 

 

 

Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen

898

987

0

0

Other first-year, degree-seeking

176 155 9 5

All other degree-seeking

2520

2812

66

63

Total degree-seeking

3594

3954

75

68

All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses

6

3

11

13

Total undergraduates

3600

3957

86

81

First-professional

 

 

 

 

First-time, first-professional students

240 211 7 0

All other first-professionals

534

485

9

4

Total first-professional

774

696

16

4

Graduate

 

 

 

 

Degree-seeking, first-time

882

756

242

114

All other degree-seeking

1710

1259

948

492

All other graduates enrolled in credit courses

34

5

5

2

Total graduate

2626

2020

1195

608

Total all undergraduates: 7724
Total all graduate and professional students: 7939
GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 15,663

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category

Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2000.

 

Degree-seeking
First-time First year

Degree-seeking Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)

Total Undergraduates
(both degree- and non-degree-seeking)

Nonresident aliens

85 268 273

Black, non-Hispanic

113

501

501

American Indian or Alaskan Native

6 18 18

Asian or Pacific Islander

307 1282 1282

Hispanic

77 321 321

White, non-Hispanic

1151

4854

4861

Race/ethnicity unknown

146 448 468

Total

1885 7692 7724

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000.

    Certificate/diploma 5
    Associate degrees 0
    Bachelor's degrees 2007
    Postbachelor's certificates 0
    Master's degrees 2159
    Post-master's certificates 3
    Doctoral degrees 321
    First professional degrees 427
    First professional certificates 16

Graduation Rates
The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 1999 paper-based survey or the 2000 Web-based survey.

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs
Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1994. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1994.

B4.
Initial 1994 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1866
B5.
Of the initial 1994 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: 1
B6.
Final 1994 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)
1865
B7.
Of the initial 1994 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 1998): 1539
B8.
Of the initial 1994 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 1998 and by August 31, 1999): 171
B9.
Of the initial 1994 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 1999 and by August 31, 2000): 7
B10.
Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1717
B11.
Six-year graduation rate for 1995 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 92.0%

For Two-Year Institutions:

B12.
Initial 1997 cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students: _______
  B13. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: _______
B14.
Final 1997 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions
(Subtract question B13 from question B12)
_______
B15.

Completers of programs of less than two years duration (total):

_______
B16.
Completers of programs of less than two years within 150 percent of normal time: _______
B17.
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years (total): _______
B18.
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four-years within 150 percent of normal time: _______
B19.
Total transfers-out (within three years) to other institutions: _______
B20.
Total transfers to two-year institutions: _______
B21.
Total transfers to four-year institutions: _______

Retention Rates

Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1999 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

B22.
For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 1999 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2000? 95%

 

 


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